Republic Services (NYSE:RSG) & 374Water (NASDAQ:SCWO) Head-To-Head Survey

Republic Services (NYSE:RSG) and 374Water (NASDAQ:SCWO) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Republic Services and 374Water, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Republic Services	0	10	14	0	2.58
374Water	1	0	0	0	1.00

Republic Services presently has a consensus price target of $248.82, suggesting a potential upside of 10.99%. Given Republic Services’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Republic Services is more favorable than 374Water.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

57.7% of Republic Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.2% of 374Water shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Republic Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.3% of 374Water shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Republic Services and 374Water’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Republic Services	12.77%	18.24%	6.46%
374Water	-911.15%	-160.15%	-118.22%

Risk and Volatility

Republic Services has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 374Water has a beta of -0.12, indicating that its share price is 112% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Republic Services and 374Water”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Republic Services	$16.03 billion	4.33	$2.04 billion	$6.72	33.36
374Water	$440,000.00	117.67	-$12.43 million	($1.20)	-2.55

Republic Services has higher revenue and earnings than 374Water. 374Water is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Republic Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Republic Services beats 374Water on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Republic Services

Republic Services, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, offers environmental services in the United States and Canada. It is involved in the collection and processing of recyclable, solid waste, and industrial waste materials; transportation and disposal of non-hazardous and hazardous waste streams; and other environmental solutions. Its residential collection services include curbside collection of material for transport to transfer stations, landfills, recycling centers, and organics processing facilities; supply of recycling and waste containers; and renting of compactors. The company also engages in the processing and sale of old corrugated containers, old newsprint, aluminum, glass, and other materials; and provision of landfill services. It serves small-container, large-container, and residential customers. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona.

About 374Water

374Water Inc. provides a technology that transforms wet wastes into recoverable resources in the United States. The company transforms wet wastes, including sewage sludge, biosolids, food waste, hazardous and non-hazardous waste, and forever chemicals. It offers AirSCWO systems, a waste stream treatment system based on supercritical water oxidation that are used to treat various hazardous and non-hazardous waste streams. It serves Industrial, agricultural, defense, oil and gas, waste management, sanitation project, environmental remediation and compliance, and municipal markets. 374Water Inc. is based in Durham, North Carolina.